My 200th Post! {And Giveaway}

Happy New Year's!!! It is a new year and with it, exciting things coming up soon! 

Paris...a city that many a girl dreams of visiting one day; I have dreamed for over half of my life of seeing the Eiffel tower and behold the gorgeous countrysides of both France and Italy. Shall ever that dream come true?

Well, in two years time...my family is taking me to Europe!!!!! I am SO excited that in 2012 I will be boarding a plane en route to Paris, France!

All right, now for the tea-inspired things on my blog. Thanks to my dear friend Johanna for telling me this in her Christmas letter, January is...

The National Month of Tea!!!

Therefore, I have decided to celebrate, by having a blog makeover, and writing up a few historical posts that I am naming them

 The Years of Elegance and Etiquette.

So join me here, in my beautiful garden walk, for a tea party! What do you prefer, vanilla, chai, and with cream or sugar or both? I do suppose we shall have a delightful time, giggling under the maple trees, and smelling the sweet lavender and roses or peonies...*sigh* it will be as spring has returned to my garden once more even though the dead of winter is settled amongst us. {New Year's is a bit depressing to me, because it marks the end of the holidays, and the beginning of the monotonous winter season!:)}

And how could anyone refuse such a lovely tea table laden with rose cakes, and berry tarts? Oooo, yummy!

~Coming Events~

I thought, what a fun idea it would be, 

When the first signs of spring we see,

I shall host a Narnian tea!

Well, perhaps, not a tea, but a Narnian inspired event filled with food, fashion, prizes, and more!

~~~~~Giveaways~~~~~

And now what you have all been waiting for....my 200th post giveaway!!!!

Special thanks to all the very willing and helpful people to make this giveaway possible. I actually have three sponsors, but she is in the process of making the third prize therefore, that giveaway will be posted at a later date. 

Special thanks to Mrs. Julie Wilson and Nancy Guenther for being willing to contribute to my giveaway. The wonderful shop Roses and Teacups are giving away...

A beautiful, silver tea charm!!!! I am quite envious of the blessed winner who shall receive this! Really, if I could enter my own giveaway, I would definitely want this sweet, little charm.:) 

Of course, my guests to my tea party MUST be properly dressed. How would you like to wear a lovely Regency gown?

The next winner shall receive a pattern download from the wonderful:

Special thanks to Mrs. Chancey for being willing to contribute this pattern!

Here's how to enter:

{READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY}

Mandatory Entry {counting as one entry} If you fail to do this, no additional entries will count.

Simply leave a sweet comment on this post telling me which prize you would like most if you win, and including one of your New Year's goals/resolutions or one of your fondest memories of 2010.

~For Additional Entries ONLY~

{to earn extra entries, it is requested that one must complete the mandatory entry first}

Visit Roses and Teacups website {found HERE}, browse through their lovely shop, and tell me what your favourite item is ~ counting as 1 entry

 Copy the Roses and Teacups button {earlier in post} and paste in your blog's sidebar only, telling me you did so with your blog's link ~ counting as 1 entry

Purchase something from Roses and Teacups, coming back here to tell me what you purchased ~ 2 entries {leave separate comments for each entry}

Visit Sense and Sensibility Patterns, {found HERE} coming back here to tell me what your favourite item is

 ~ counting as 1 entry

Copy Sense and Sensibility Patterns button and paste on your blog's sidebar only, telling me you did so with your link. ~ 1 entry

Purchase something from Sense and Sensibility Patterns, telling me what you purchased ~ 2 entries {leave separate comments for each}

Follow this blog {if you are already a follower just tell me!} ~ 1 entry

Post about this giveaway either on Facebook, Blogger, or Twitter {please do only one of the following}, including the button I made for my giveaway below, leaving the link in your comment ~ 1 entry

Search my blog's archives, and post a comment on one post {posted in 2010}  that caught your attention, coming back here with the link ~ 1 entry 

That's 12 entries that you can possibly earn!!!

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You may include this in your post or on you sidebar, either way the extra entry is accounted for.

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For people who do not have a blog ONLY: 

You may enter this giveaway as well! Just do the mandatory entry above {counting as 1 entry}, visit both shops telling me what you liked best from each shop, and email 5 of your friends about this giveaway! 

~ a total of 8 entries {including the mandatory entry}

  LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENTS FOR EACH.   

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~Giveaway Details~

LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENTS FOR EACH ENTRY. 

{To randomly pick the winners, I use random.org, and in order for you to earn the extra entries, one must leave separate comments.}

This giveaway is open to young ladies internationally, thanks to our sponsors! {Next week, there is another sponsor that will be joining us, which I am excited to introduce!!!} 

GIVEAWAY CLOSES ON JANUARY 22nd, 2011 AT 12:00 NOON PACIFIC TIMING. 

{Winners shall be announced hopefully, soon after giveaway closes} 

~Instructions to the Winners~

After winners are announced, winners MUST claim their prizes within 48 hr. of their announcement, otherwise I will draw another winner. {Hopefully this shall never happen, for I usually contact the winners that day}. 

Have fun! 

Many Blessings,